WHEN jumbo jet pilot Andy Wyatt flies back home to North Wales this summer his passengers will be outside the plane.

That’s because the former Abergele schoolboy spends his time off flying with world famous Team Guinot, the formation wing-walking team.

It’s the latest flying escapade for Andy whose barnstorming air career means that no two days are ever the same.

One day he’s captaining jumbo jets to Bermuda, the next flying with his passengers out on the wing.

Andy, a former member of the world famous Red Arrows, will be performing with Team Guinot for Denbighshire County Council’s first Rhyl Airshow on August 8.

“This was one of the first displays we wanted to book for Rhyl’s inaugural airshow,” said display director Phil Winterbottom.

“Team Guinot has a huge reputation and has displayed all over the UK and in France, Switzerland, the Middle East and China.”

The former Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan pupil joined the Rhyl Air Training Cadets before signing up for the RAF.

Andy, 48, is married with two grown up children who thought their dad’s time in the Red Arrows was ‘cool’.

The Rhyl Airshow is the brainchild of Denbighshire Council events officer Sian Davies.

She said: “It’s fantastic that we have got Team Guinot to come and even better that one of their star pilots is actually a local lad as well.

“We’re really excited about the show because we feel it is just the sort of free attraction that will bring people along to Denbighshire.

“It is also very important people who live in the county can enjoy it.”

“It’s been exciting to see this event coming together over the last few months and the display committee hope all local people and business will come out and support this event.”

As well as Team Guinot, a number of top line displays have been booked including the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight consisting of Lancaster, Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft, the Yakovlevs Formation Team, Mark Jefferies, the eight times UK aerobatic champion, the Jet Provost pair and the only Spitfire still based in Wales, the Dragon Spitfire.

The event will be held off Rhyl seafront on Saturday, August 8 at midday, with the flying starting at 1pm.